Politics 2008:The Caucuses and The Dem/Rep Conventions

[mccoyred]

Originally Posted by jitterbug13

Whether or not Gwen's the moderator, Palin is still going to look dumb as a doorknob.

Its all about the spin They HAVE to make it look like McPalin is getting bullied because that endears her to the 'base'. They can have the 'base', Obama will take the middle (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/1..._n_131039.html)

[Velocity_14]

They were talking about this on the view this morning and I am so sick and tired of all of the excuses that are floating around about Palin. I'm going to underestimate her and say that Joe Biden is about to talk circles around her tonight....based off of what I have seen and read...it does not matter who the moderator is...she does not know what in the hayle she is doing or talking about.

She has illustrated in her own words too many times, in the 30 days that we have even known who she was, what she can bring to the table----nothing. I don't care who may disagree and I'm not going to sugar-coat my opinion...but Palin should not be the republican VP candidate...I KNOW there are more "qualified" women in the republican party that could have been chosen if McCain was so stuck on choosing the "other minority" to make his ticket more appealing.

It just bothers me that society sometimes tend to lean more to superficial things than substance. Yeah she is cute...but that doesn't have a thing to do with my job security or my ability to keep my home, pay my bills, get a job, put gas in my car, drive to work, provide food for my home, save money, or just function as an independent member of society. My life is not a political game and I am tired of these greedy jokers who are more worried about having a title and more money than they can spend rather than understanding that the decisions and choices they make effect more people than just themselves. This is partially why this country is in the situation it is in now....

wheeeeew, I'm so sorry for kind of going off but things have gotten so out of hand and it really pisses me off. Please forgive me for any typos but I had to get that off my chest...lol. I'm sorry but McCain and his camp is a big joke to me and you don't have to be a comedian to see that...

[Honeykiss1974]

/\/\ There are plenty of people that agree with you. In fact, his choice of Palin actually should be an insult to women everywhere. It is OBVIOUS that she wasn't chosen because she is competent and can do the job. She was chosen because she is easy on the eyes, a woman, and his camp figured that women will vote for him because he has a woman on the ticket. That's the equivalent of when (as a woman) I go out to look at a new car and the first thing the salesman shows me is the driver's side visor mirror "for checking your make-up".

There are PLENTY of more capable women out there. He should have looked harder.

[SummerChild]

Ok, so I've figured it out. What Palin does during her interviews (and what she'll probably do tonight during the debate).

Here's her trick:
If anyone (Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric or even tonight, Gwen Ifill) asks her a question about anything in which she will have to be specific, she answers a different question - namely, she rearranges the question the question in her mind to one in which she can just broadly talk about the subject matter in general and then she actually answers the question that she has put together in her own mind. This is probably her and McCain's strategy b/c she is ignorant of everything of substance.

For example, when asked about the policy on preemption, I think she answered as if Charlie had asked her if America needs to defend itself IN GENERAL. She made that question up in her own mind and answered her own question - forget Charlie.

The only problem for her is that Biden is likely to push her to the wall and force her to answer the question that was asked. After all, this is a debate. Tonight, she won't be able to merely have a conversation with herself before the American people as she has been doing.

It's actually pretty swift if you think about it. If one is not listening closely enough to her answer, she uses enough of the related key words to *sound like* she's addressing the question (this flies over the head of the sloooow Americans who either are not paying attention or don't understand the issues anyway, which is many unfortunately) and it's also swift b/c she actually has to be *smart enough* to rearrange the sentence in her mind in real time and answer the new question that she has made up. I think that this is what the camp has her doing. It's actually pretty good when you think about it. Maybe she's not as dumb as everyone thinks - ok, that might be going too far. LOL.

Between Biden and Ifill, I think that she'll have to answer the questions ASKED tonight. I am almost certain that the Obama camp is on to her and her flicted strategy.

SC

[jitterbug13]

Palin's plan is to go after Biden:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/14220

And if that's the case, Biden will go after her. They don't call him Joey the Shark for nothing.

McCain's camp is leaving Michigan. He needs to hang it up after that wonderful speech Obama gave in Grand Rapids this morning.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/200..._OfOBNFONsnwcF

[Honeykiss1974]

SC, you summed it up well. It's only been 44 minutes into the debate and I swear she has only answered one question directly.

[Velocity_14]

*in my sweet southern accent* Yall.....Joe is READY!!! I am really enjoying myself.....I like how she dances around the answers even though it has nothing to do what she was asked....I think she is reading though...and she looks a bit nervous....Biden looks like he wants to say something reeeeeeal crazy but is holding back....LOL...this is funny.

One more thing...is she calling him "Senator O'Biden"...she should have just called him Joe like he said she could...lol.

[WenD08]

while she's at it, accept the correct pronunciation of the word NUCLEAR. bush sounds silly when he says it, so does she
not to mention, Sen. Biden dusted her on foreign policy...

[KAPPAtivating]

What is even more hilarious is how Joe Biden looks like he is refraining from just flat out laughing at her and her comments...he keeps when she dances around questions.

I think Govenor Palin is what she is claiming...an "average" american who does NOT need to be vice-president...or govenor for that matter, but hey Alaska doesn't have that many people to govern...lol!

[I.A.S.K.]

Originally Posted by Velocity_14

One more thing...is she calling him "Senator O'Biden"...she should have just called him Joe like he said she could...lol.

LOL. O'BIDEN 08! LOL

She still hasn't answered a question! She is hella nervous. We can tell when she doesnt know the answer because she starts to get all shaky. The question was about mortgages: I got so mad when Biden was talking about giving judges the ability to adjust people's loan interest as well as their principles and then Palin COMPLETELY avoided the question and started talking about Energy that I Threw a goldfish at the TV!!

[KAPPAtivating]

Originally Posted by I.A.S.K.

LOL. O'BIDEN 08! LOL

She still hasn't answered a question! She is hella nervous. We can tell when she doesnt know the answer because she starts to get all shaky. The question was about mortgages: I got so mad when Biden was talking about giving judges the ability to adjust people's loan interest as well as their principles and then Palin COMPLETELY avoided the question and started talking about Energy that I Threw a goldfish at the TV!!

And if I hear one more reference to her state Alaska and what she has done and not done....I was yelling, "that has no bearing on the question!" Since she is so amped about governing Alaska, she should stay in that role!

[Velocity_14]

Originally Posted by KAPPAtivating

Since she is so amped about governing Alaska, she should stay in that role!

Best thing I've heard all night.

[Honeykiss1974]

/\/\/\/\ OMG I thought it was just me who was tired of Alaska, and how McCain is change, and how she wants to speak to the average American.

BLAH! She is like cotton candy...just all fluff and sugar.

If I was a Republican, I'd beat McCain with a bag of nickles for picking this woman.

Gwen did a great job moderating.

[KAPPAtivating]

I was very impressed with Gwen. She is a highly intelligent woman who was quick to call the bullish answers, and look for the REAL answers.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974

If I was a Republican, I'd beat McCain with a bag of nickles for picking this woman.

LOL. I need this stitched on a pillow, STAT!